A new treatment for cervical dizziness

Cesar Bertoldo Garcia; Nedison Gomes Paim Alves; Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar

doi:10.1016/j.bjorl.2023.101321

A new treatment for cervical dizziness

Braz J Otorhinolaryngol. 2023 Sep 11;89(6):101321. doi: 10.1016/j.bjorl.2023.101321. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Cesar Bertoldo Garcia¹, Nedison Gomes Paim Alves², Roseli Saraiva Moreira Bittar³

Affiliations

¹ Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), Pós-Graduação em Medicina, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. Electronic address: beertoldo@yahoo.com.br.
² Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (FMUSP), Pós-Graduação em Ciências, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.
³ Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo (HC/FMUSP), Departamento de Otorrinolaringologia, Setor de Otoneurologia, São Paulo, SP, Brazil.

Abstract

Objectives: To verify the rates of heat effectiveness generated by Carbon Nanotubes (CNT) in the resolution of dizziness in individuals diagnosed with Cervical Dizziness (CD).

Methods: Randomized clinical trial was performed and samples from volunteers diagnosed with CD, divided into a Study Group (SG) and Control Group (CG). Patches containing CNT with thermotherapeutic effect were used in SG and inert patches in the CG. Treatment was performed over 30 days and measures of pain, dizziness and asymmetry of cervical muscle tension were evaluated over 60 days.

Results: Pain, dizziness and asymmetry of cervical muscle tension were reduced in the SG. The variables analyzed in this study did not change in the CG.

Conclusion: Our results show that the therapeutic effect of heat was effective in the treatment of patients diagnosed with CD. We could also observe a clear interrelationship between pain and dizziness symptoms with the asymmetry of cervical muscle tension.

Level of evidence: 1B.

Keywords: Dizziness; Neck pain; Proprioception; Thermic treatment; Vertigo.